house of study

American  

Or House of Study

noun

1. Beth Midrash.

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Etymology

Origin of house of study

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

At Gesher Jewish Day School in Fairfax County, middle school students gathered in the beit midrash, or house of study, to light a memorial candle Monday morning, said Head of School Dan Finkel.

From Washington Post

For eight generations in the life of a city that changed constantly around them, the twin towers on Norfolk Street beckoned the faithful on Manhattan’s Lower East Side: first, Baptists, whose congregation was the forerunner of the Riverside Church; then Methodists; and then, for 122 years, Orthodox Jews from Eastern Europe, who called the synagogue Beth Hamedrash Hagodol — the Great House of Study.

From New York Times

He declared that no one should be admitted to the house of study whose inside is not like his outside.

From Time

But as a student of ancient religious texts – I run a secular Jewish house of study for culture-makers in New York – I take real issue with these groups’ reading of the Bible, too.

From Salon

When Makar returned to the house of study he noticed signs of excitement.

From Project Gutenberg